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oflfthiWgalliiut young "ge ' w'cUkuowu.to our i^holo coipmBtiityfor ^
?	tTjjfcjr high qualities of iq^nhooii^ of t: wii&in Untile O?Brieu is Hip eldest, tlian^j .-.rutmi no sfori:iciijaii of iliis- city ban^i
?	claim a larger circle of devoted friends ? aail^ admirers. Mrs. O'ljriuu survives
both, her biyihors,
-'Ciye v.UW'Li\ ^eTO:, ?(iftiftg a man of ?'business, ami deaidug to encourage Ills 1 J.-ioii, secured a position for him in a ; store at Jackson,.East Feliciana,- La., where ho served as -a clerk, salosiuan and bookkeeper lor several years, aud acquired a familiarity with accounts, with the English language, and with the ideas and customs of tho Anglo-Amorican populat?on which exclusively occupy that section of our State. This experience provod of great vuluo to -Kmilu La Sere, in his subsequent career, when, removing to Now Orleans, ho becomo involved in the Sorco political contests of tlie'day, which at that timo turned chiclly upon questions relating to banking, m(jnopo-? lies and commercial regulations;^. Ho adopted from tho beginning of his career the Democratic ideas on thcso subjects, became an oarnost and active, iupporter of Jackson and the aggres-^
. slve Democracy of that era, : ahd "through his prompt cjurage, his un-waveriug fidelity to party and to friends, was forced to, the front in : he party aud political combats. lie m.ii gained, aud for a long period maintained, a leading position among the crt-ole Deuio?ijyats ol? l.he city. At the same timo fie hold aloof from all race or><; national dissensions in his fight lor Democracy, lie was a creole l>y birth and raco, but an American and Democrat iu his politics, in his ideas, and in his progressive tendencies and aspirations. Tho Democracy of tins city had no more faithful and elliciont representative and leader, the people 110 more loyal anil braver defender of their honor and intorosls than Emile La Sere, during his Ion;; servico as u publio olfielal and politician. Lt was true that ho obeyed tlie demand# of tho traditional custom and practice of ?his race, by a full recognition of .tho obligations of what is called tho Code
?fa	ftl'oys^li^tSJKl^fie	highest	spirit ol?
chivalry'?and' generosity, as well as the most, dauntless personal courage.
Though a very small mAh, 'Weighing at his doath not !I0 pounds, and during his whole manhood uevi-r reaching lviO ; pounds, he tind proved himself in tin-' ineroua personal encounters the most .formidable adversary iu any aud every ?lode of combat. In'these cembali he was rarely involved through any malice or act of his own. lt was in tlie defense of his friends, and his parly, that ho usually fought. Thoro was not a parliclo of eoltishness or egoism in his nature, uor of any ?form of insincerity or hypocrisy. Thcso noblo qualities of course secured to La Sere a large share of popu-i lar admiration, confidence and aticc-" tion. He could uot escape tho popular) demand, though never ati obtrusive or pushing man, to serve, by the sull'ragos 1 of the people, ill high ollices of trust .and responsibility. Elected to Congress as Mr. ijlidell?s successor from tlio First Congressional District, he proved tlio elliciont aud indefatigable
iiuost useful representative the district over had. No orator, statesman, scholar tor student, ho managed to so-,0110 a favor aud inllueuco among |his fellow-representative* through 'his personal magnetism, which enabI6d him to ellect ihe passage of every moasnre involving the interest of his Stale and district. So marked was this guccoss that tho writer remembers when attending one of the sessions of the < House Overhearing averydis
At oho time tho Courier, of this city, the Democratic State organ, fell under his charge, and though he never wrote un article for it in his life, he managed to infuse into tho paper his own spirit and vigor, and to render it the most eu'eetivo and iullr.ential political ,jour-1 ual over published in this city.
It was while iu charge of the Couriir that tho editorial sanctum used to bo daily visited by ft small,
. dark-oomplexioi'cd, gentlemanly and thoughtful personage, strongly rcseru-I bling in his physical characteristics the proprietor of tho paper, who would always inquire, iu a Spanish dialect, if ?amigo Eiuilo was in ??
Mr. La Sere would be called, and, on j entering tho sanctum, would salute tho visitor with great ardor, throwing his turns around liis neck and inquiring ? with affectionate solicitude, ?llotf1 is friend lionitoV? This was a daily oe-curlenco. Tliis lienito was a poor friendless exile from Mexico.
??'Thirty years afterward, when our tcrriblo civil war had devastated our State, -when the men who had once wielded large power and enjoyed all that wealth and virtue could command, were swept from tho pnblio arena into poverty, obscurity and exile, Kmilo La Sere, who had borno his part in the perils aiul suciiliccs of Ihis great struggle, repaired to tho City of Mexico to visit an old friend.
Tho friend, who wtis wont to mjke | his daily visit to the fVno Ur oflieo in j La Sere?s day of prosperity and power, ? ms ?i lu" ' was noiv the occupant of the l'rcs- : tinguisheil	,	x,....
to another luomber:	?What
is t'16 ij onc oi the most ln roic struggles for th use of you opposing that bill. - -	--
;( idential Palaee of Oie liepublic of ? Mexico, which ho had regained niter
Don?t you sco * that little bright-byed Frenchman from Louisiana lias already polle?d overy member of tho House and lias it all fixed his own way.? There was no possibility of resisting or ovwcominjj tho fiery ?vigor and indefutigublo ouorgy, or of eluding the sleepless vigilance of tho Louisiana member from tbe I'lat)Homines district. Elected to the shrievalty of-this - Ur. ?La1 Boro displayed the patnu -qualities of oflioleucy aud promptitude. So in other positions, al-
un-
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,,	,	,	waya.	mum	taming tho . same
of honor.,auu never cioclmou an invita- i *? v ??> _ ,	?	t	,	,	.
;	,	-	..v	-	.	fidjpUty^na	ewncsji,	devotion
tion to, that mode of aryltonuwt ,of|	friends, which ilUthi^ ? .
personal -or . yDUf.cal^	^^abUoi (Ux^itato *fm ??uc5^!
,	to re a I i 7.
liberty of hia couiivry against 4 foreign invader that was nvvr Jouglit.
On ontorit)^ Ms? i^aincc, liaving sent hia card to his Kswllcncy, a liMle^ bri^ht-cycd Mexican rushed into iho hall, and tJm>\\ in^ ti iu arum around La Soro, omhraccd liiut virh th? iiiobI ardont und	ch*?n?*>usLratir*jm
of attV'ciion ;uul fruMi?l?Iiip.
?J Jjia nvu-s Urnito Juurez,tho man who has ^ivon tho bri^litcst oxamplo of tho t present cont!iry of itoroio and pntriotio 'devotion to his 'country and to Kopnh-Uicau.iirincjylpg.^ .	^^l1i!i^?u. .
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Moxi can	w<^y.ed?. ft.
;him oonces^oi&^^^'ft^r'^hi^..
ou liis ret mu to this ooiin-ulize (lie moderato revenue to snppoit his <!er.;iiiing years, wiii.-li liave bi m sootjied by the unee.-isin^ cn;e and allenlion of his nuut estlmab.'o sisier, Mis. O'lii-ien, ami ol' li.-e gallaiif. sons.
^ ilia, at the May of ;
at their delightful
Mr. I :i Sere had i-i?l a Ii-IVVT 1 ime li.-a li-1 t ,i 1 <?	\ i .11 lu 1
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